All posts for the month July, 2016

Episode 42: Loving YouWhen Zhang Qiao Chu (Wu Mian) walks into the wedding boutique, she hears Chang Jia Yang’s (Huang Xuan) phone ringing and sees Wen Xiao Hua rejecting Qiao Fei’s (Yang Mi) call and then deleting the call record. Zhang Qiao Chu confronts her in regards to her lying about her hearing loss. Wen Xiao Hua explains originally she did lose her hearing, but seeing how Cheng Jia Yang stayed by her side and even agreed to marry her, she did not tell him when she regained her hearing. Zhang Qiao Chu does not want her son to marry someone who he does not love for the rest of his life and wants to tell him, but Wen Xiao Hua threatens she will expose to Cheng Jia Yang that his mother was the one behind all the negative comments online. Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang) invites Cheng Jia Yang over to drink and Wang Xu Dong tells him he has successfully proposed to Wu Jia Yi (Nikki Li) but she wants to hold their marriage in secret, having achieved some fame through the beauty store now. Through Wu Jia Yi, Cheng Jia Yang learns that Qiao Fei never had an abortion, it was Wu Jia Yi who used her insurance card. When he presses her to tell him where Qiao Fei is now, Wu Jia Yi tells him Qiao Fei went to Switzerland this time to undergo brain surgery. He lets out a sigh of relief knowing the surgery was successful, although he never got the messages and calls from Qiao Fei and Gao Jia Ming.

Cheng Jia Yang returns home to inform his mother he must go to Switzerland, knowing Qiao Fei hid her illness from him so he would not suffer from worrying. Zhang Qiao Chu exposes Wen Xiao Hua’s fake hearing loss and tells him she will trust his decisions. Cheng Jia Yang goes to Wen Xiao Hua to tell her he cannot marry her because he is unable to fall in love with her, he only loves Qiao Fei. He tells her sympathy cannot be love. But he still promises to take care of her for life. In Zurich, Gao Jia Ming tells Qiao Fei he officially gives up on courting her. He states if someone is on the surgery table and still calling for someone else’s name, she must really love Cheng Jia Yang. Qiao Fei sees Bastian Baker on TV and is reminded of the time she and Cheng Jia Yang spent in Switzerland together. Dr. Morey (Keith) brings a team of press reporters asking to interview Qiao Fei. Cheng Jia Yang walks in, surprising everybody, but after seeing Qiao Fei is fine, he walks off. Overlooking a beautiful scenery, Cheng Jia Yang tells Qiao Fei he agrees to break up with her. He tells her he has tried, from the very beginning, he had told her he was willing to fight any obstacles with her, but for her illness, he was never informed and therefore just an outsider.

Zhou Nan (Wang Ren Jun) calls Zhang Qiao Chu from Switzerland, demanding CHF 1,000,000 to compensate for his loss in the wine business. She rejects him and upon seeing Qiao Fei’s interview on TV, he kidnaps her from the hospital and calls Cheng Jia Yang, demanding CHF 5,000,000 and warns him not to call the police or ask anyone for help. Cheng Jia Yang receives a call from Wen Xiao Hua saying she is in Switzerland to explain the misunderstanding to Qiao Fei when he sees a poster of Bastian Baker and is reminded of the time he publicly announced his love for Qiao Fei. Cheng Jia Yang calls Wang Xu Dong to help raise some money so he can give to Zhou Nan. He frantically screams at Gao Jia Ming and Wen Xiao Hua when they follow him onto the bridge where he is to give the bag of cash to Zhou Nan. He tells them no matter how small of a chance there is to saving Qiao Fei, he is willing to take it. Zhou Nan leads him to a snow mountain, where he holds Qiao Fei captive. Gao Jia Ming brings police over to arrest Zhou Nan. Gao Jia Ming falls while trying to save Cheng Jia Yang from falling off the mountain. Gao Jia Ming is badly injured and enters a coma. Qiao Fei tells Cheng Jia Yang she no longer wants to miss any opportunity to be with him, as he had told her before: “In the road of love, the biggest mistake is to let someone slip away”. Cheng Jia Yang agrees too, telling her everyone in the world is selfish, but only love can make someone care about someone else without overthinking. Cheng Jia Yang says when he saw her being held captive by Zhou Nan, he thought she was going to die and at that moment, nothing was more important. They promise to wait together until Gao Jia Ming wakes up before they start their life of happiness together. Gao Jia Ming shows signs of movements at the very end.

Episode 41: Second ThoughtsAt the hospital, Cheng Jia Yang’s (Huang Xuan) arm is badly scraped from the car accident, but he immediately rushes to ask about Wen Xiao Hua’s (Zhou Qi Qi) injuries. Zhang Qiao Chu (Wu Mian) also arrives at the hospital, very anxious to know why and how her son would crash his car since he is usually a safe driver. Zhang Qiao Chu later finds that Cheng Jia Yang was rushing to drive to see Qiao Fei (Yang Mi), who he thinks is in Switzerland vacationing with Gao Jia Ming (Vengo Gao). The doctor informs them Wen Xiao Hua needs many stitches for the injury on her back. When she wakes up, they also find that she lost her hearing. Wen Xiao Hua builds up the courage to confess to Cheng Jia Yang, knowing she will not be able to hear if he does reject her. Cheng Jia Yang tells her she will take care of her via typing on his phone. Zhang Qiao Chu pulls him to the side to talk, finding out her son has broken up with Qiao Fei. She tells him he cannot force happiness upon himself by marrying Wen Xiao Hua, out of regret and responsibility for causing her injuries. She asks if Qiao Fei were to give him a call, would he leave Wen Xiao Hua? Cheng Jia Yang replies he will consider Qiao Fei as an episode in his life that is over, since he originally had a crush on Wen Xiao Hua for many years before meeting Qiao Fei anyways and without Qiao Fei he is just a lost soul so marrying anyone will not matter for him.

Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang) is informed by the apartment management that his faucet is leaking. He returns to see Wu Jia Yi (Nikki Li) in his apartment and immediately questions what she is doing there. Upon leaving, Wu Jia Yi explains she only agreed to have lunch with Aotian (Zhang Ming Ming) because she was going to propose to Wang Xu Dong there, not knowing he would really ruin his plans. Touched that she finally realizes who she loves, Wang Xu Dong proposes to her in the bathroom, and she agrees. In Switzerland, Qiao Fei is accompanied by Gao Jia Ming as the nurse shaves her hair to prepare for the brain surgery. She wonders what and how Cheng Jia Yang is doing, telling herself if she makes it out of the operation room alive, she will return to Shanghai and ask for his forgiveness. During the surgery, all Qiao Fei thinks of is Cheng Jia Yang. She dreams of him successfully and accurately translating at an conference. The operation is a success and they remove the tumors in Qiao Fei’s brain.

Li Lei (James Li) calls Cheng Jia Yang to help with translating at the Asia-Europe economic forum that requires both French and English, noting he is the only one who is capable of doing that. With only one hour to go through all the information, Cheng Jia Yang surprises everyone with his talent. He receives applaud and compliments after the conference. For this event, Cheng Jia Yang is given a second chance, able to erase his past mistakes and instantly becomes the talk of town. Zhang Qiao Chu confesses to her husband Cheng Si Yuan (Liu Jiao Xin) that she was the one behind spreading negative comments about Cheng Jia Yang. She also admits she talked to Qiao Fei, requesting her to leave her son. She does not know whether Qiao Fei suddenly broke up with Cheng Jia Yang because of her words. But she worries Cheng Jia Yang cannot accept that and thereby might make the wrong decision to marry Wen Xiao Hua. Zhang Qiao Chu admits her wrongdoings. One month later, Wen Xiao Hua skims through a bridal magazine when Cheng Jia Yang walks in. The doctor tries to put a hearing aid to assist her, but she frantically says she still cannot hear. She cries to Cheng Jia Yang, saying she will never be able to wear a wedding gown again and no one would want to marry her. Cheng Jia Yang promises to marry her. In Switzerland, Gao Jia Ming tells Qiao Fei although he has healed her physically, he knows the only way he can cure her heartbreak is to tell Cheng Jia Yang everything, which he has done for her. He knows Qiao Fei needs Cheng Jia Yang, whether she is happy, sick, or unhappy. However, Wen Xiao Hua, who is trying on wedding dresses deletes the missing calls and text messages notifications when Cheng Jia Yang goes out to buy coffee.

Episode 40: Tying EndsWu Jia Yi (Nikki Li) chases after Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang), trying to explain but he refuses to listen. He tells her she needs to find an investor within three months because he wants to take out his investments and not have anything to do with her anymore. He will no longer come and go as she pleases. Wen Tao (Cheng Yong) suffers from a heart attack after a potential investor calls to say he is no longer interested in the Wen family business. After being sent to the hospital, he dies. Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan) goes to the hospital to comfort Wen Xiao Hua, holding her hand, while Zhang Qiao Chu (Wu Mian) pays a visit to the hospital as well. Hao Zhe (Hou Jun Guang) is arrested for threatening Wen Xiao Hua with the confidential documents he had taken pictures of in her office. Gao Jia Ming (Vengo Gao) and Wu Jia Yi try to persuade Qiao Fei (Yang Mi) to go to Switzerland and undergo surgery to remove the brain tumors. At first Wu Jia Yi thinks it is because Qiao Fei does not have enough money and therefore keeps delaying the surgery. But Qiao Fei states since the surgery has its risks, the earlier she goes under the knife, the earlier she has a chance of dying.

At Wen Tao’s funeral, Qiao Fei insists on going to apologize and explain to Wen Xiao Hua, accompanied by Gao Jia Ming. Wen Xiao Hua jumps upon seeing Qiao Fei, blaming her for causing the death of her father. When Qiao Fei faints outside the venue, Cheng Jia Ming immediately rushes by her side. Gao Jia Ming explains she fainted because her blood sugar is low. Qiao Fei chooses Gao Jia Ming to go onto the ambulance with her, leaving Cheng Jia Yang very desperate. He finally realizes at a time that Qiao Fei would need someone to support her, she would rather choose Gao Jia Ming. Wen Xiao Hua encourages Cheng Jia Yang to go to the hospital, but he refuses, being very disappointed in what their love has become. At the venue, Wen Xiao Hua bumps into a family friend, who is a doctor at the hospital and recognizes Qiao Fei for requesting an abortion some time ago. Wen Xiao Hua asks the family friend to get a copy of the medical record. At the hospital, Gao Jia Ming once again tells Qiao Fei to undergo surgery as soon as possible, as the tumor is pressing on her nerves already. She agrees to, seeing the death of Wen Tao as a wake up call.

Qiao Fei asks Gao Jia Ming to help act as her new love interest to make Cheng Jia Yang completely hate her before she goes to Switzerland to undergo surgery. They walk into the bar holding hands. At first Cheng Jia Yang does not believe them, continuously asking Qiao Fei how could she have possibly loved someone else behind his back, without him knowing. He says through her eyes, he knows she loves him and will only love him forever. Qiao Fei lies to him that all the times she did not pick up on his calls and used excuses not to meet with her, she was actually with Gao Jia Ming. Cheng Jia Yang asks her to look into his eyes and tell him she no longer loves him, which she does and then pushes him away before leaving with Gao Jia Ming. Qiao Fei suggests Wu Jia Yi to make the initiative to talk with Wang Xu Dong if she really loves him. Wen Xiao Hua presents Cheng Jia Yang with the abortion medical record, but he does not believe Qiao Fei would do such a thing, knowing her personality. He insists on asking her face to face, not knowing Qiao Fei is at the airport with Gao Jia Ming, about to go to Switzerland. As he drives, with Wen Xiao Hua next to him, flashbacks of Qiao Fei saying she loves him and saying she wants to break up with him as well as his mother’s harsh rejection comments keep coming up in his mind and he tears up. Without true focus, he accelerates and crashes the car. Meanwhile on the plane, Xiao Fei cries knowing if she dies in the operation room, she will never be able to see Cheng Jia Yang again.

Episode 39: Collapsing RelationshipsAfter a tiring day, Qiao Fei (Yang Mi) comes home to her mother lecturing her that Gao Jia Ming (Vengo Gao) is more suitable for her because since he is the adopted son of the Cheng family, they will not care as much to who his future wife will be. Qiao Fei is annoyed by her mother continuously saying if she is with Gao Jia Ming, their road would be smoother, as opposed to the many bumps in the road she has to encounter with Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan). Listening to her mother that loving someone means having to be responsible, she forces herself to continue on with breaking up with Cheng Jia Yang, wanting him to hate her and eventually forget her.

News explode online and on Weibo that the Wen family business’ imported red wine from Switzerland is undergoing quality check, suspected to be just some cheap Chinese wine. The company in Switzerland contacts Wen Xiao Hua (Zhou Qi Qi) to tell her that they will terminate their partnership. When she goes to seek her father Wen Tao (Cheng Yong), he is clenching onto his chest, about to have a heart attack, knowing the family business is about to go down. He receives a calls from Zhang Qiao Chu (Wu Mian) informing him she is also sending the wine from his company for quality check. On the way to the warehouse where the wine is stored, knowing he has to face a lot of reporters, Wen Tao swallows numerous pills to lower his blood pressure. He asks the people about to take samples of the wine for a second chance, before they test the wine, but they refuse. He collapses onto the floor. Zhang Qiao Chu goes home to tell her husband Cheng Si Yuan (Liu Jiao Xin) that it was Hao Zhe (Hou Jun Guang), the friend who Qiao Fei took with her to see Wen Xiao Hua, who released the documents online. She continues to say she dislikes Qiao Fei, but deep down, both Cheng Si Yuan and her know Qiao Fei is a kindhearted young lady and exposing the quality of the wine is the correct thing to do.

Wen Tao shoos Cheng Jia Yang away, who shows up at the Wen residence to see if he can help with anything. He blames his girlfriend and his mother for pushing him deeper into a dark hole, without lending a helping hand. While drinking with Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang), Cheng Jia Yang admits maybe he does not really know Qiao Fei that well. Wang Xu Dong laughs at him for not having enough dating experience: his first being Wen XIao Hua, who he secretly admired for years, and now Qiao Fei, who is asking for a breakup. Wang Xu Dong suspects Qiao Fei has a new love interest. Cheng Jia Yang shows up at Qiao Fei’s door, telling her she should not be friends with Hao Zhe because he is not as simple as he seems. Hao Zhe calls Qiao Fei and lies to her that he is being sued for threatening Wen Xiao Hua for 5,000,000 RMB, but he did not do it. He puts an act saying he is running low on money, but Qiao Fei does not fall for it anymore. Wang Xu Dong follows Wu Jia Yi, noting her unusual actions, to see her having a lunch with Aotian (Zhang Ming Ming) at a high-class French restaurant. Knowing she reached success recently with the new beauty store, Aotian wants to be the spokesperson for some of the beauty products. He was the spokesperson for the wine that Wen Xiao Hua was selling, but since they are undergoing quality checks, all his other endorsements also terminated his contracts. Wu Jia Yi purposely plays Aotian, ordering the most expensive dishes, and refusing to talk about their partnership. Wang Xu Dong storms in when she sees her playfully feeding cake to Aotian and calls for an end to their friendship.

Episode 36: Making DecisionsWen Xiao Hua (Zhou Qi Qi) arrives back in Shanghai and is surprised to see her husband Zhou Nan (Wang Ren Jun) there. Although she has already consulted a lawyer about divorce, he is unwilling to let go, stating her father never gave the money as promised, making him lose out on an opportunity. Qiao Fei (Yang Mi) is startled that Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan) would remember her mother has a checkup that day. Cheng Jia Yang asks if she will still be his girlfriend if he was not longer an interpreter. Gao Jia Ming (Vengo Gao) also shows up, increasing Cheng Jia Yang’s jealousy. At the hospital, a cleaning lady gives Qiao Fei back her necklace, causing Cheng Jia Yang to be confused of when Qiao Fei went to the hospital without him knowing. He walks out the hospital, only to be contacted by Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang) that the recent jobs he received has all been cancelled, due to him being on a blacklist now. On the way, he sees his father Cheng Si Yuan (Liu Jiao Xin) who tells him perhaps he does not have enough confidence in Qiao Fei, so every time someone says something to attack her, he immediately fights back without using logic.

As Qiao Fei’s mother is waiting for her test results, Gao Jia Ming informs Qiao Fei that Dr. Morey (Keith) is coming to Shanghai and he would like for her to see him and get some opinion from a specialist. He does not want her to delay the approach to treating the tumor time after time. He knows he is only letting her do that because she is his friend more that she should be his patient. Gao Jia Ming notices someone has been following Qiao Fei and they stop to make him appear, who turns out to be Hao Zhe (Hou Jun Guang). He confesses to Qiao Fei Zhang Qiao Chu (Wu Mian) had given him a sum of money to write negative comments about her and Cheng Jia Yang, but he did not expect the responses to get out of hand. He tried to pay for positive comments but they were still outnumbered by the negative ones. He asks for Qiao Fei’s forgiveness, but she is speechless. Qiao Fei begs Gao Jia Ming not to tell Cheng Jia Yang, not wanting his relationship with his mother to get any worst. Contrary to what Gao Jia Ming thinks that Cheng Jia Yang has a right to know, Qiao Fei does not want Cheng Jia Yang to go deeper and deeper into a dark tunnel with all the things he is going through at the moment.

Cheng Jia Yang is taking a nap from drinking cans of beer when Wen Xiao Hua calls him to go out for a drink, but requests him not to bring Qiao Fei. He complains to her about Qiao Fei. He loves her the same and wants to protect her, yet she is still unwilling to share her difficulties with him. He senses something is going on between her and Gao Jia Ming, but he refuses to find out, he will only believe in what Qiao Fei tells him. After Cheng Jia Yang gets drunk, she brings him to her office and when he wakes up, Wen Xiao Hua persuades him to quit his job at the institute altogether, saying he will find a better and higher paying job elsewhere and it is the institute’s loss. His decision to resign disappoints Mr. Tian (Wang Hua Ying) and shocks the rest of his coworkers, including Qiao Fei.

Episode 38: Breakup PlansWang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang) once again bugs Wu Jia Yi (Nikki Li) about her having kissed him. He tells her she must take responsibility for her actions but she refuses to talk about the topic. She says next time she would rather kiss a frog than him. Wen Xiao Hua (Zhou Qi Qi) receives a call from the Switzerland winery, informing her the wine she had imported to China is currently being tested for quality. They suspect the wine in the bottles being sold in China is not they wine from Switzerland. After the test results come out, they decide to end their partnership with Wen Xiao Hua. Wen Xiao Hua calls Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan) for help, not knowing what to do. Just when she contacting Zhou Nan (Wang Ren Jun), he comes storming in. When Wen Xiao Hua questions him, he confesses this is revenge for her father Wen Tao (Cheng Yong) never investing the money he had promised. Showing no signs of regret, he tells her to just pay some money to get the situation settled. She argues this is not how business should be done. Still angry about the investments Wen Tao never gave him, he locks the door and slaps Wen Xiao Hua.

Not wanting to hide this secret from Qiao Fei (Yang Mi) anymore, he tells her on the car ride there that Zhou Nan has abused Wen Xiao Hua in the past. He tells her their marriage is only for business as well. Once there, they ask the security guards to knock down the door to stop Zhou Nan from any more physical abuse. At the police station, Cheng Jia Yang persuades Wen Xiao Hua to tell the police what happened but she refuses to say anything. When her father Wen Tao walks in, Wen Xiao Hua tells the police it is all just a misunderstanding and she had fell down the stairs before. Qiao Fei wants to tell the police what really happened, but Cheng Jia Yang stops her from doing so. Outside the hospital, Cheng Jia Yang tells Qiao Fei that Wen Xiao Hua retains the right to decide whether to press charges or not because this involves their family business. He knows another company is about to acquire the Wen family business so if any negative news come out, they would greatly affect the price of the stocks. She tells him she feels they really do come from different worlds, as their morals and principles are completely different from each other. Qiao Fei seeks Wu Jia Yi for some consultation. They hug and cry together, with Wu Jia Yi not understanding why her best friend would have such an illness. She tells Qiao Fei to tell Cheng Jia Yang, but she refuses and instead decides she must break up with him for sure in the near future, that way he can get over the heartbreak and if she really was to die in the operation room, he would be over her.

During hotpot the next day, Wang Xu Dong tries to lighten the environment by cracking a few jokes, much to the dismay of Wu Jia Yi and Cheng Jia Yang and Qiao Fei who refuse to smile one tiny bit. When Cheng Jia Yang breaks the ice and admits he is wrong, Qiao Fei is persistent on breaking up, citing communication problems between them, even in front of Wang Xu Dong and Wu Jia Yi, who watch as they say nothing. When Cheng Jia Yang sends her home, she tells him she wants to break up because she no longer has feelings for him. Cheng Jia Yang does not understand why she would say breakup again, after promising last time that they would not say breakup so easily. He says he does not agree, and having nothing else to say, he walks away, accidentally leaving his phone. Although Qiao Fei had prepared herself many times, but when it hit her hard that Cheng Jia Yang would no longer be a part of her life anymore. Hao Zhe (Hou Jun Guang) comes looking for Qiao Fei. At this time, Wen Xiao Hua calls Cheng Jia Yang’s phone, only to have Qiao Fei answer. She asks Qiao Fei to bring any male, worrying Zhou Nan will abuse her again. When they get to the office, they see papers scattered over the floor. While Qiao Fei is comforting Wen Xiao Hua, Hao Zhe takes pictures of the documents on the table. Cheng Jia Yang also shows up with Wen Tao’s employees to bring Wen Xiao Hua home. Qiao Fei refuses to let him send her home. That night, Hao Zhe sends Wen Xiao Hua the pictures of the documents and requests for 5,000,000 RMB or else he would expose it to the media.

Episode 37: Spontaneous VacationQiao Fei (Yang Mi) chases after Cheng Jia Yang (Huang Xuan) to ask him about his resignation. At this time, Gao Jia Ming (Vengo Gao) shows up to drive Qiao Fei to meet with Dr. Morey (Keith). Cheng Jia Yang wants to go with them, not knowing where they are going, but they forbid him to go. He threatens to break up if Qiao Fei goes with Gao Jia Ming but she ignores and heads off with Gao Jia Ming. At the hospital, Dr. Morey examines Qiao Fei’s scans and advises she undergo the surgery as soon as possible, given that her case is worst than her mother’s case. The longer she waits, the higher the risk will be. Coming out from the doctor’s office, Qiao Fei decides to leave Cheng Jia Yang, knowing this will be best for him. Cheng Jia Yang texts to apologize and waits for her downstairs. She requests to breakup, citing she no longer loves him. Cheng Jia Yang hugs her and says every couple argues, but they cannot say to breakup so easily again. He promises to bring her wherever she wants to go. She suggests they visit the place where they first met: Zurich, Switzerland, to create more memories.

On this spontaneous vacation, they leave immediately to Switzerland. Walking hand in hand, they visit the university where they first encountered each other, drink water from a fountain, and eat cheese fondue at a restaurant. Cheng Jia Yang gifts her a handkerchief, for he has lent her his handkerchief on numerous occasions for her to wipe her tears. They visit a church, where Qiao Fei daydreams about their wedding. They visit a bar where Cheng Jia Yang openly calls out his love for Qiao Fei. They also enjoy and taste wine against the scenic mountains backdrop.

Back in Shanghai, Wu Jia Yi’s (Nikki Li) beauty store finally opens. She allows the friend who had lied to her about the assistant director and later introduced her to the face masks to work there part-time, knowing she is a single mother. Looking at the number of followers, Wu Jia Yi excitedly kisses Wang Xu Dong. Wang Xu Dong (Leon Zhang) is not fond when Wu Jia Yi exaggerates the number of shares on her Weibo, although she has an increase in followers. Wang Xu Dong wants to use the success of the beauty store to hint to Wu Jia Yi that he still likes her, but she declines to date. Going back to the institute, Mr. Tian (Wang Hua Ying) sits Cheng Jia Yang and Qiao Fei down to discuss their career goals. Cheng Jia Yang is noticeably calmer, not striking back at everything Mr. Tian says, compared to last time. Mr. Tian allows Cheng Jia Yang to continue working at the institute. He hopes their love will grow, just like their career, and eventually receive everyone else’s acceptance.